Rare birds arrive for Christmas Bird Count

Food shortage up north send birds south

This year's annual Christmas Bird Count starts this Friday and runs through January 5th. Birders all over Vermont will be out identifying and counting birds to help the National Audubon Society learn more about bird populations. North Branch Nature Center Director Chip Darmstadt says this year will have birders looking for irruptive migrants like Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks. Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler grabbed her binoculars and joined Darmstadt to learn a little more.

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